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NBC's Nora O'Brien dies on 'Parenthood' set


April 30, 2009 Tragedy struck NBC's pilot "Parenthood" on Wednesday night when network vp drama Nora O'Brien died unexpectedly on the Berkeley, Calif., set of the show starring Peter Krause, Maura Tierney and Erika Christensen. O'Brien came to NBC in January 2008, when she was named vp drama programming at Universal Media Studios, which merged with the network in December. O'Brien joined NBC from sister cable network Sci Fi, where she was vp original programming for four years.

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